Gae Plus Yu 数学练习册 by Jaehun Kim is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award 银奖 in 教育、教学辅助与培训内容设计 Competition Category.

银教育· 2022

Gae Plus Yu 数学练习册

by Jaehun Kim

Client: Visang

A' Design Award 银奖 Winner in 教育 Category

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The Design

About Gae Plus Yu 数学练习册

Gae Plus Yu 是一套为中小学生设计的数学练习册。该套装将"概念书"与"习题书"合为一体,两册以胶装方式黏合,轻轻施压即可分离。每册采用不同的色彩与图形,并以颜色标示难度等级。封面造型为成对的半圆,合在一起时构成一个完整的圆形。学生可根据自身能力选择相应的难度等级,并同时使用两册进行学习。这种结构将概念讲解与题型训练分开,有助于支持学生的自主学习。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 银奖

Gae Plus Yu 数学练习册是 A' Design Award 银奖得主，这是授予顶级、华美而令人印象深刻的设计的极为崇高的认可。银奖得主是极其卓越、极具创造力的作品，展现出其设计师杰出的专业技能、才华与敏锐。预计Gae Plus Yu 数学练习册将成为一件出色的典范之作，兼具非凡的专业性与深刻的创新性。这件赢得 A' Design Award 银奖的设计是一项备受瞩目、令人钦佩的发明，造福并拓展艺术、科学、设计和技术的边界。Gae Plus Yu 数学练习册是一件令人羡慕的创作，它唤起渴望，带来积极的情感，并激发惊叹与赞叹。

Behind the Design

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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: Gae Plus Yu is a math brand developed as an innovative mathematics learning system for efficient learning. The systematic learning collectively created by the ‘Concept book’ and ‘Drill book’ offers effective and rapid results to students. The students can feel a sense of accomplishment because they can conveniently select their customized textbooks and can acquire 'the most effective mathematics learning' organically through the two books.
Dimensions & Packaging: Elementary school size is 220 mm x 15 mm x 300 mm, 0.2kg weight, and Paper Material is art paper 250g. Middle school size is 215 mm x 12 mm x 285 mm, 0.16kg weight, and Paper Material is art paper 250g.
Tags: Cover design, Math, workbook, Math learning system, learnMath, workbook, mathematics learning system, learning, elementary school, middle school, high school, students, children
Production Technology: The Concept book and Drill book are manufactured in the form of one book through a temporary binding method using adhesive, but are easily detachable from each other by lightly pressing between the books at the time of use. Developed to present an effective learning method in a short time, the books can also be utilized singly as needed, providing additional convenience. Spot color printing with colors denoting difficulty and holographic foil on matte finish complements the design's spaciousness.
Design Challenge: Korean passion for math learning rivals that of any other country, but its students struggle through cramming and rote problem solving. Accordingly, Visang undertook a complete overhaul of the existing system and proposed a new structure of workbooks that fosters organic learning by fully separating the study of concepts and example types. This has brought innovation to the field and ignited a positive boom for a system in which students can personally customize their own set of textbooks.
Research: The content studied can provide motivation for learning. Visang published the 2002 mathematics workbook Gae Plus Yu through the development of an innovative math learning system. This type of systematic learning system is constantly sought after by learners. As a result, Gae Plus Yu has become Korea representative math workbook with annual sales of more than 400,000 copies and total sales over 40 million.
Inspiration: Visang designed the ‘Concept book' and ‘Drill book' with different features and colors as paired semicircles inspired by the concept of the 'circle' itself, which represents the completeness created from the two systematic learning books. When placed as a set, the two semicircles combine to form a single circle, showing the textbook's creative structural characteristics. In this way, the systematic learning effects of the two books demonstrates the significance of the brand essence 'Synergy Up.’
Project Duration: This project first began in March 2021, and was completed in October 2021 in Seoul, and is being sold in Korea in 2021.
Operation Flow: Visang applied a blue green color to the Concept book, and employed different graphics and colors according to the difficulty of the Drill book. Together, these carry the brand essence Synergy Up by being devised for students to select their desired learning levels and study two books simultaneously at a reasonable price. This establishes a new system allowing students to be more proactive in their own learning.
Patents: Book bound with seperately attaced volume, Patent No.0557442, Visang, 2017, Korea.
Team Members: Designer: Seyeon Jeong
Designer: Minyoung Lee
Designer: Jieun Lee
Creative Director: Sanghyun An
Image Credits: Visang Creative Design Lab, 2021.